Christian WITTING
Christian A. Witting is Professor of Law. His previous roles include Professor of Private Law at Queen Mary University of London, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, and Solicitor in the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (Australia). His areas of expertise are tort law, corporate groups, and corporate liability. Professor Witting is author of Liability of Corporate Groups and Networks (CUP, 2018), Street on Torts (OUP, several editions) and Liability for Negligent Misstatements (OUP, 2004). With Petrin, he edited the Research Handbook on Corporate Liability (Edward Elgar, 2023) and has published in leading journals in the UK and Australia. Professor Witting’s work has been cited by the UK Supreme Court, the Privy Council, Supreme Court of Canada, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, the High Court of Australia and the Singapore Court of Appeal among others.
Education
SJD (University of Melbourne); LLB (Hons), BEc (Monash University); Barrister & Solicitor (Australia)
Curriculum Vitae
Current Courses
Liability of Corporate Groups and Networks
Christian A. Witting is Professor of Law. His previous roles include Professor of Private Law at Queen Mary University of London, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, and Solicitor in the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (Australia). His areas of expertise are tort law, corporate groups, and corporate liability. Professor Witting is author of Liability of Corporate Groups and Networks (CUP, 2018), Street on Torts (OUP, several editions) and Liability for Negligent Misstatements (OUP, 2004). With Petrin, he edited the Research Handbook on Corporate Liability (Edward Elgar, 2023) and has published in leading journals in the UK and Australia. Professor Witting’s work has been cited by the UK Supreme Court, the Privy Council, Supreme Court of Canada, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, the High Court of Australia and the Singapore Court of Appeal among others.
Edited Books
Book Chapters
Journal Articles
- Corporate Groups
- Corporate Networks
- Legal Philosophy
- Tort Law